Curiosities of Brandivy !!!

Posted in Bretagne, France

This is a close town to mine and do past by it once in a while in my road warrior mode and found pictures in other posts that would be more fitting in a post of their own now, The town of Brandivy is in my beautiful Morbihan of my lovely Bretagne, and in my belle France, It is great pleasure to tell you about this little known places that offer a nice half day tour of wonderful historical monuments and beautiful architecture. The town is less than 7 km from my house,  Therefore, here is my take on curiosities of  Brandivy !!!  Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Brandivy is a town dominating the valley of the Loc’h. A beautiful nature area which is great for walks and nice historical monuments, It was a tranquil day and they have mountain goats roaming freely which my dog Rex really enjoy trying to chase them lol !! 

Just to mention, there is a nice calvary of Christ by the main church (see post). The Calvary of the church is a granite cross from the old cemetery. It stands, crowned with a glory, atop a truncated shaft on a multi-tiered base upon which stand statues of the Virgin Mary and Saint John. The effigy of the latter was replaced in 1987 after the theft of the previous statue. The base is undoubtedly older (18C), and the cross was erected on July 2, 1837, by Rector Carado.

You go down a very steep ravine on the side of the river Loc’h to visit the Chapel of Saint Laurent, built early in the 16C; a bit further and you come to the cave of Notre Dame de Lourdes Chapel, (see pic) recently done in 1998! the newest of chapel in all the region. In 1912, a tall cross was put in indented part of the rocks, sort like a cave, and from them a great piligrimage is happening as the rocks looks similar to those at Lourdes. It has a huge wooden crucifixtion cross.

 The town of Brandivy on its history and heritage:https://www.brandivy.fr/histoire-patrimoine-c1.html

 The local Gulf of Morbihan tourist office on Brandivy:  https://www.golfedumorbihan.bzh/explorer-vannes/decouvrir-vannes/golfe-morbihan/landes-de-lanvaux/brandivy/

There you go folks, another off the beaten path site in my beautiful Morbihan near me and always plenty to do and see around my neck of the woods.  Again, hope you enjoy the post on curiosities  of Brandivy !!!  as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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